(A)Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
“For then it would be (B)heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.
“For the (C)arrows of the Almighty are within me,
[a]Their (D)poison my spirit drinks;
The (E)terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:4 Lit Whose

“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)
It would surely outweigh the sand(B) of the seas—
    no wonder my words have been impetuous.(C)
The arrows(D) of the Almighty(E) are in me,(F)
    my spirit drinks(G) in their poison;(H)
    God’s terrors(I) are marshaled against me.(J)

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